Quick! Scooter need to poop!

[LiveTilWeLaugh]

Any ideas on how to get him to? I've been trying since yesterday afternoon. He has to poop in order for the vet to know what's wrong with him. I have given him all the different types of food I can think of....papaya, strawberry, grape leaves, roamine, geranium leaves, banana, grass, dandelion, and clover. He has everything to choose from and I've been soaking him about a half hour on, half hour off. But he needs to poop before the vet closes!

 

[Neal]

A good soaking usually does the trick for my tortoises...but I don't know what else to suggest that you are not doing.

 

[AustinASU]

oie i'd say thats to much soaking.....i'd give him pumpkin, that'll clean the bowls out. And maybe even make the water a little warmer when you soak him, maybe like 100 degrees or 95. It's kind of like us humans....it's hard not to pee in a hot tub lols

 

[Laura]

warmth, food and excersise.. even if that excersise is in the soaking tub struggling to get out...

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

If its not too late, I've found what works for me is coffee and a cigarette. TMI?

 

[Tom]

Use your bathtub. The warm water, slick surface and constant walking will get it done. Leave him in there for an hour or more. Warm up the water as needed.

 

[CourtneyAndCarl]

Do they need a fecal sample? I heard that they can just do a cloaca swab, so that could be a possibility if he won't go. That's how it was when I took my little guy to the vet. He wouldn't poop and wouldn't poop, then in the car on way there he had the biggest bowel movement ever for such a little guy, haha.

 

[Masin]

Does he need to poo for a sample or poo so they can do another radiograph? (if he's had a first one)

 

[Cowboy_Ken]

Usually a smear and float check is needed. ( my previous post was me just smarting off).

 

[Masin]

If its not too late, I've found what works for me is coffee and a cigarette. TMI?

Omg yes! I no longer smoke but yes!
Working in a coffee shop allowed me to get over my bathroom shyness for sure! Never spoke so openly with people in person in my life, haha.